Projects

Thomas Schaer received his Master of Architecture from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Babson College. As co-founder and principal of SHED, Thomas has been instrumental in establishing an architectural practice that combines design and fabrication. His extensive knowledge of steel fabrication and building construction has been applied across…

Prentis Hale received his Master of Architecture from the University of Washington, has an undergraduate degree in History from Yale University, and has performed traveling research in Stockholm on a Valle Scholarship. Prior to establishing SHED, Prentis worked as a lead carpenter for a Seattle design/build firm learning to build. From 1998 to present, Prentis…

Greg Shiffler received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Washington, and an undergraduate degree in architecture from The Ohio State University.  He joined SHED in 2005 and helped the firm transition from Design/Build to a more traditional architecture practice.  He was licensed to practice architecture in 2009, and became a partner in…

Clayton Herbst received his Bachelors in Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder. He then returned to his hometown of Chicago to work and earn his Masters of Architecture from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There he taught as a studio teaching assistant, won multiple competitions for his own studio work, and spent countless…

Kara Greenetz is one of the few Northwest natives among the SHED team. She grew up pulling geoducks—indigenous clams that grow to the size of a man’s arm—from Olympia’s South Sound before heading to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for her undergraduate degree in architecture. She earned a Master’s degree after three years at UCLA,…

Rebecca March was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. Rebecca pursued a background in interior design before receiving a Master’s in Architecture from Syracuse University. While at Syracuse, she contributed to a social housing program built by women, for women in Masoro, Rwanda, assisted in teaching global architectural history and theory, and studied in London…

Kyle Griesmeyer made his way up to Seattle from the southeast where he graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from the University of South Florida in 2014. While at USF he studied in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the Faculty of Architecture and later participated in the Land Arts of the American West program out of…

Kris Kuster grew up on a farm in eastern North Dakota, where he learned to cultivate a very healthy imagination. He graduated from North Dakota State University in 2011 with both a BSED and BS in Art with Emphases in Sculpture & Ceramics, before completing his M.Arch in 2012. Since graduating he has been on…

Georgine Botha received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell with a concentration in building sciences and technology and a minor in art history. She is a third culture kid from the Netherlands and South Africa with roots in Bahrain. While at Cornell, she co-led the publication Association and was actively involved with the fabrication labs…

Julia spent her early life between the midwest and Puget Sound. She studied architecture at the University of Oregon and landscape architecture in Kyoto. Her favorite works breach the divide between interior and exterior space, seeking awareness over insulation. In addition to architectural practice, Julia directs a non-profit organization, Space.City, with the aim of promoting independent…